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lower right: Manet; upper left: TAMA

Provenance

Théodore Duret [1838-1927], Paris, still in 1903. [1] (Raphael Gérard, Paris), by 1932.[2] (Georges Bernheim, Paris, by 1934).[3] Mr. and Mrs. H.J.P. Bomford, London, from at least 1942 until at least 1948.[4] (Marlborough Fine Arts, London), in 1953.[5] Jean d'Alayer, of the Durand-Ruel family, Paris, by 1957.[6] (Sam Salz, New York); sold May 1959 to Mr. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA; gift 1995 to NGA.

[1]Not included in the 19 March 1894 sale of Duret's collection held in Paris. Lent by Duret to the 1903 exhibition at Bernheim-Jeune, Paris.

[2] Published as Gérard collection in Jamot-Wildenstein's 1932 Manet catalogue.

[3] Lent by Bernheim to the 1934 Venice biennale.

[4] Lent by Bomford to a 1942 exhibition in London; a partial label on the back of the stretcher gives the Bomford name. Exhibited in 1944 in London, Council for the encouragement of music and the arts (C.E.M.A, now the Arts Council of Great Britain) Paintings of the French School from a Private Collection (H.J.P. Bomford). Lent by the "Bomford Collection" to a 1948 exhibition in Dublin; a label for the exhibition is on the back of the stretcher.

[5] Published in Eric Newton, "French Painters VII: Edouard Manet," Apollo, February 1953.

[6] Lent by d'Alayer to a 1957 exhibition in Paris. He was married to Marie-Louise Durand-Ruel, granddaughter of the dealer Paul Durand-Ruel.

Exhibition History
1903
Exposition d'Oeuvres de l'Ecole Impressionniste, Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, April 1903, no. 27.
1928
Ausstellung Edouard Manet, Galerie Matthiesen, Berlin, 1928, no. 34, repro.
1928
Exposition d'Oeuvres de Manet au Profit des "Amis du Luxembourg", MM. Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, 1928, no. 10.
1934
XIX Esposizione Biennale Internazionale d'Arte, Venice, 1934, no. 9.
1942
Nineteenth Century French Paintings, National Gallery, London, 1942, no. 1.
1944
Paintings of the French School from a Private Collection (H.J.P. Bomford), Council for the encouragement of music and the arts (C.E.M.A, now the Arts Council of Great Britain), London, 1944, no. 10, repro.
1948
Irish Exhibition of Living Art, National College of Art, Dublin, 1948, no. 52, repro.
1951
French Masters of the XIXth and XXth Centuries, Fifth Series. Marborough Fine Art Ltd, London, June-July 1951, no. 35, repro.
1957
Le Second Empire: de Winterhalter à Renoir, Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris, 1957, no. 201.
1966
French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 39, repro.
2013
Intimate Impressionism from the National Gallery of Art, Museo dell'Ara Pacis Augustae, Rome (exhibition title in this venue: Impressionist Gems); California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco; McNay Art Museum, San Antonio; Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo, Seattle Art Museum, 2013-2016.
2016
Manet: Painting the Gaze, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, 2016.
Bibliography
1902
Duret, Théodore. Histoire d'Edouard Manet et de son oeuvre.Paris, 1902:no. 198.
1910
Duret, Théodore. Manet and the French Impressionists. Translated by J.E. Crawford Flitch. London and Philadelphia, 1910: 240, no. 198.
1919
Duret, Théodore. Histoire de Edouard Manet et de son oeuvre. Paris, 1919: no. 198.
1924
Severini, Gino. Manet. Rome, 1924: repro. 31.
1926
Duret, Théodore. Manet. Paris, 1926:264, no. 198, repro. 24.
1926
Moreau-Nélaton, Etienne. Manet, raconté par lui-même. 2 vols. Paris, 1926: repro. no. 204.
1931
Tabarant, Adolphe. Manet: histoire catalographique. Paris, 1931: no. 231.
1932
Jamot, Paul, and Georges Wildenstein. Manet. 2 vols. Paris, 1932: 2:152, no. 260.
1943
Borenius, Tancred. "Afterthoughts on the French Exhibition." The Burlington Magazine 82 (February 1943): 48-49, repro.
1945
Rothenstein, John and R.H. Wilenski. Manet. The Faber Gallery, London, 1945: no. 6, repro.
1947
Tabarant, Adolphe. Manet et ses oeuvres. Paris, 1947: 269-270, no. 237, repro.
1953
Newton, Eric. "French Painters VIII: Edouard Manet." Apollo (February 1953): repro. 51.
1953
Wallis, Nevile. "Masters of French Painting III: Manet Pioneer of Impressionism." The Connoisseur 132 (September 1953): 43, repro.
1970
Orienti, Sandra and Denis Rouart. Edouard Manet. Paris, 1970:no. 203, repro.
1975
Rouart, Denis and Daniel Wildenstein. Manet: catalogue raisonné. 2 vols. Lausanne and Paris, 1975: I:no. 234, repro.
1977
Hanson, Anne Coffin. Manet and the Modern Tradition. New Haven and London, 1977:
1987
Rand, Harry. Manet's Contemplation at the Gare Saint-Lazare. Berkeley, 1987:40, n. 61.
1988
Rosenblum, Robert. The Dog in Art from Rococo to Post-Modernism. New York, 1988:52-56, repro.
1996
Kern, Steven et. al. A Passion for Renoir: Sterling and Francine Clark Collect 1916-1951. New York, 1996:70, repro.
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